Get your wife involved with an equally or even more expensive hobby!
My wife works with Andalusian horses and competes in huntseat equitation and show jumping. It's difficult for her to complain that I have spent 1000.00 plus for a snake, when she has spent well over 20 x's that amount on some of her horses, not to mention, the cost associated with keeping equines greatly surpasses the costs associated with keeping herps.
Fortunately, I was lucky enough to have found a woman who enjoys Drymarchon almost as much as I do and even has a few of her own, which means she gets to assist with enclosure maintenance!

Regards,

Jeff
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Jeff Snodgres
University of Arkansas
snodgresjeffreys@uams.edu
501.603.1947

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• Indigo Prices...your thoughts? - stevebinnig, Sat Sep 3 12:49:16 2005
• Doug T...A.K.A. Alan Greenspan of Indigos speaks... - Doug T, Sat Sep 3 13:11:44 2005
• RE: Doug T...A.K.A. Alan Greenspan of Indigos speaks... - Carmichael, Sat Sep 3 20:24:16 2005
• RE: Doug T...A.K.A. Dalai Llama ... - stevebinnig, Sat Sep 3 21:18:11 2005
• My two cents...Not Greenspan.....more like Independent News.. - Fred Albury, Tue Sep 6 16:00:10 2005
• Way off topic.... - Mike Meade, Thu Sep 8 03:18:51 2005
• Back to the center..... - Fred Albury, Thu Sep 8 10:44:43 2005
• RE: Indigo Prices...your thoughts? - herbivorous, Sun Sep 4 11:54:23 2005
• RE: Indigo Prices...your thoughts? - Eric East, Sun Sep 4 12:53:19 2005
• Also... - Eric East, Sun Sep 4 13:04:46 2005
• RE: Like Robert Bruce n/p - specopspook, Sun Sep 4 13:09:44 2005
• RE: Like Robert Bruce n/p - coils, Sun Sep 4 15:18:54 2005
• RE: Also... - snakelaw, Mon Sep 5 00:53:02 2005
• Do you really want to be compared to the regius people?!?!?! - A.C., Mon Sep 5 09:05:29 2005
• You know what.. - Steve_Craig, Mon Sep 5 10:27:38 2005
• I agree...... - bthacker, Mon Sep 5 12:28:07 2005
• Something that worries me... - Mike Meade, Mon Sep 5 15:39:08 2005
• RE: You know what.. - Drosera, Mon Sep 5 17:09:48 2005
• RE: Do you really want to be compared to the regius people?!?!?! - Fred Albury, Tue Sep 6 16:03:46 2005
• I don't know guys... - dryguy, Mon Sep 5 17:20:55 2005
• Another thing.. - dryguy, Mon Sep 5 17:27:26 2005
• And let's not forget the wife factor - herbivorous, Tue Sep 6 00:01:42 2005
• I just tell her.... - bthacker, Tue Sep 6 22:23:14 2005
• RE: Better yet! - epidemic, Fri Sep 9 11:11:28 2005
• Pure Genuis Jeff!!!! - Fred Albury, Mon Sep 12 19:09:53 2005
• RE: Indigo Prices...your thoughts? - daveb, Wed Sep 7 09:56:34 2005
• The best laid plans of mice and men .... - Fred Albury, Wed Sep 7 15:58:25 2005
• RE: The best laid plans of mice and men .... - daveb, Wed Sep 7 19:11:02 2005
• DaveB, you raised good points.... - Mike Meade, Thu Sep 8 04:18:05 2005
• To summarize.... - Fred Albury, Thu Sep 8 16:01:34 2005